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Marathon Man Dec 1, 2008 5:50 pm
Originally Posted by mbstone (Post 10809455)
  • You look up at the night sky, and you realize you haven't seen this many stars since your school field trip to the planetarium.

  • It is 10 PM, you are hungry, the hotel restaurant and room service are both closed, and there are also no fast food outlets, no Denny's, no Waffle Houses, nor even 7-11 rotating hot dogs, there's absolutely nothing to eat available anywhere within miles of the hotel.

  • There is no cell phone reception.

  • You get out of your car, it is quiet, and you suddenly realize it's been a long time since you experienced quiet.

  • Only AM radio works, and then only at night, and the only station is airing Coast to Coast AM With Art Bell.

  • The motel front desk clerk calls you right after check-in to exclaim that she's never before had a guest from as far away as the address on your driver's license.
hmm other than the last one, this sounds like Boston's Logan Airport at about 9pm in some terminals.

PhlyingRPh Dec 1, 2008 6:08 pm
MFN...

When the nearest restaurant is a Dairy Queen, and that's 80 miles away.

runarut Dec 1, 2008 6:29 pm
Then I went to Alaska
 
I used to think West Texas was remote.

Then I went to the Big Bend Area of Texas. I thought that was the ultimate remote.

Then I went to Alaska. Remote redefined.

In my mind, I think parts of Australia redefine remote as well.

Someone mentioned the area around St. Louis as being remote.

Remote is a clear moonless night where the stars are so bright you can see well enough to walk around. Remote is where you only hear the wind punctuated by the screech of an owl or coyotes calling out their next victim. Remote is hearing a moose huffing and snuffling. Remote is hearing your heart beat hoping the Kodiak bear isn't catching your scent on the wind.

I so don't like being prey.

sarming Dec 1, 2008 7:06 pm
Here's a real nowehere
 
Anyone been there?

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008...-on-earth.html

Madhouse24 Dec 2, 2008 12:22 am
Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 10820099)
Living in NYC this is one that I never get over. My in-laws live in the suburbs outside STL and we're headed there in a few hours. I know that the house will be ridiculously quiet when we arrive and have to prep myself to handle for when we arrive.

I used to live in a 1st floor/basement duplex ~50 feet from the #1 subway line. We could feel the train rolling by every 5-7 minutes (more frequently during rush hour). When the trains weren't running we noticed the quiet.

Quiet can be very disconcerting when you're used to the dull drone fo background noise.
co-sign on that...it "is" amazing when you don't have the constant companionship of noise besides you...in fact I run my fan at night because I'm so use to noise...

sbm12 Dec 2, 2008 5:14 am
Originally Posted by runarut (Post 10840044)
Someone mentioned the area around St. Louis as being remote.
I said it would be quiet, not remote. ;) And it was quiet relative to NYC, but certainly not relative to some of the towns we stayed in or campsites we stayed at during our Alaska trip or the island off the coast of Vietnam with no phone service or many other places. But relatively speaking going from loud to just noisy can seem very quiet.

j_the_p Dec 2, 2008 4:45 pm
...in an emergency, you have to call the RCMP directly...no 9-1-1 service exists.

Traveling Consultant Dec 3, 2008 10:01 pm
When the only restaurant around serves nachos and has the tag-line "Nachos, foreign but good". No I am not kidding.

VirtuallyDevious Dec 5, 2008 5:37 am
Originally Posted by sarming (Post 10840227)
That was some very cool reading.

For the record, the area west of St Louis (along 70) doesn't really become REMOTE until about midway through the state.

BearX220 Dec 5, 2008 1:50 pm
Originally Posted by mbstone (Post 10809455)
Only AM radio works, and then only at night, and the only station is airing Coast to Coast AM With Art Bell.
I was in the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont near the Quebec border this week, and I realized one of the things I love about that part of the world on cold fall nights is that Newsradio 880 and 1010 WINS come in clear as a bell. You can be driving around in the MFN in total darkness, 15 miles from the nearest village, and every ten minutes hear how the Triboro Bridge and the F train are doing.

bcmatt Dec 5, 2008 2:46 pm
Originally Posted by sarming (Post 10840227)
If ever anywhere deserved to host a FT Do... ;):D

user1 Dec 5, 2008 7:40 pm
The local town's population varies between 0 and 2.

Bonus points if the only traffic jam ever is caused by molasses.


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